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Mistreatment of older people in the United Kingdom: findings from the first National Prevalence Study
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(1), January 2009, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The National Prevalence Study of Elder Mistreatment took place in 2006 and included 2,111 respondents aged 66 and over from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who answered a face-to-face questionnaire. Mistreatment by family members, close friends or care workers was reported by 2.6%, with the most common form being neglect (1.1%) followed by financial abuse (0.6%), psychological abuse (0.4%), physical abuse (0.4%) and sexual abuse (0.2%). Women were significantly more likely to have experienced mistreatment than men but there were gender differences according to type of abuse and perpetrator, and divergent patterns for neglect, financial and interpersonal abuse. Further analysis of the data also indicated that the likelihood of mistreatment varied according to socioeconomic position and health status.
Baby boomers and adult ageing: issues for social and public policy
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 8(3), September 2007, pp.32-40.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted in focus, away from particular social hazards and towards an attempt to re-engineer the meaning of legitimate ageing and social participation in later life. Three themes are identified: constructing the baby boomers as a force for social change, a downward drift of the age associated with 'older people' and a shift away from defining ageing identifies through consumption, back towards work and production. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for future social and public policy.
The age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), November 2006, pp.239-250.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Through a critical engagement with policy trends, the authors ask how shifts in ideologies of ageing might influence the possibilities available to adults as they grow older. Of particular interest are the implications for how people are being encouraged to think about the adult lifecourse. These questions are addressed by looking at policy development, taking the 2000–2005 period in the UK as a case example, and by comparing this period to wider regional and international trends. Finally, the implications of contemporary policy are assessed, from a psychodynamic point of view, for the maintenance of a viable identity in later life and for intergenerational relationships.
The development of an elder abuse policy in Britain: patterns and prospects
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 2(3), 1995, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
The abuse of older people had been identified as a social problem at approximately the same time in both the UK and the USA. However, British responses to the problem have been slow to take shape. This article examines how British social policy currently views elder abuse and its implications for its positioning as a social problem of the 1990s.
Abuse and neglect of older people: secondary analysis of UK prevalence study
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Publishers:
- NatCen Social Research, King's College London
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 79
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes secondary analysis of data from the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People (UKPS), which aimed to examine UK prevalence and risk factors associated with different definitions of mistreatment; to examine risk factors ‘in context’; and to explore a wider range of potential risk factors, using merged data from the Health Survey for England. This secondary analysis of the UKPS data examines key risk factors associated with mistreatment and with different types of mistreatment – neglect, and psychological, financial and physical abuse – by a family member, friend or care worker. Additional factors associated with mistreatment –such as mobility problems, falls, health problems, bladder problems and views of the local neighbourhood – are examined for England, using additional variables from the Health Survey for England 2005. The report notes how different definitions of mistreatment lead to differing estimates of prevalence, but that there is little evidence to support the likelihood that an older person subject to one form of abuse will also be subject to others. (Edited publisher abstract)